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Clark County
Contact InformationClark County Courthouse
501 Archer Ave.
Marshall, IL 62441
217-826-8311 – County Clerk
217-826-2811 – Circuit Clerk
217-826-8311 – Recorder
IRAD Depository
Booth Library
600 Lincoln Ave.
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
217-581-6093
Established
- March 23, 1819 (Laws, 1819, p. 166)
Origin of the name of the county
- Named for George Rogers Clark, a soldier of the American Revolution, who, as a Colonel of the Virginia militia, established Colonial control in the Illinois country, by the capture of Kaskaskia and Fort Vincennes.
Present area, or parts of it, formerly included in
- 1816–1819 – Crawford
- 1815–1816 – Edwards
- 1812–1815 – Madison
- 1809–1812 – St. Clair
- 1809–1812 – Randolph
- 1790–1809 – Knox, Northwest Territory
County Seats
- 1818–1823 – Aurora
- 1823–1838 – Darwin—Name changed from McClure’s Bluff (no date).
- 1838–present – Marshall
History of county governing board
- 1819–1849 – County Commissioners’ Court
- 1849–1855 – County Court
- 1855–present – County Board of Supervisors
Documented Record Losses
- December 30, 1902 – Fire. Some records lost or damaged.
Township Government
- Adopted – November 7, 1854
Township Names
- Anderson
- Auburn – Formed from Dolson, Martinsville, Marshall and Anderson (no date).
- Casey – Name changed from Cumberland on September 22, (or 12?) 1876.
- Darwin
- Dolson
- Douglas – Formed from Marshall (no date).
- Johnson
- Marshall
- Martinsville
- Melrose
- Orange
- Parker
- Wabash
- Westfield
- York
Township Map
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